title: Micro- and macroscopic tissue modifications after bariatric surgery: effects of different procedures-a pilot study.
abstract: The most effective treatment for morbid obesity has demonstrated to be bariatric surgery. Despite enormous benefits, skin tissue aberrations are inevitable consequences. Our study was focused on micro- and macroscopic modifications in patients who had previously undergone gastric bypass. These preliminary data suggest that tissue alterations, partly responsible for high wound complications rate, may differ among patients undergoing both different and same weight loss procedures.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy. marco.dettorre@hotmail.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Ettorre
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bracaglia
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gentileschi
authors.forename: Damiano
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tambasco
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D018752:Diet, Fat-Restricted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015187:Lipectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D015431:Weight Loss